Kitty Cone
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Family background in Champaign, IL; education in the South, Japan, and Washington, D.C.; muscular dystrophy diagnosis, health care, family support; University of Illinois, 1962-1967: Rehabilitation Center, civil rights activism, Students for a Democratic Society; political organizing for Socialist Workers Party, 1967-1974, in Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Berkeley; political organizing for Center for Independent Living, including issues of curb ramps, attendant care, access to transportation (BART, AC Transit, SF Muni), architectural access; lesbian life in the United States and Mexico; HEW's 504 regulations: importance, sit-in to guarantee signature, implementation, 1977-1979; adoption of and raising of son, Jorge; working for disability civil rights at World Institute on Disability, CIL, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF); reflections on feminism, racism, paternalism, medical insurance; reflections on Mary Lou Breslin, Judy Heumann, Ed Roberts, Hale Zukas, Brad Seligman; passage of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 1990; comments on substance abuse, environmental and mental disabilities, HIV-AIDS. |
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Title |
Kitty Cone |
Creator |
interviewee. Cone, Kitty, interviewer. Landes, David L. 1941-2008, (David Lamont), |
Creator |
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office. |
Full Collection Name |
California Audiovisual Preservation Project |
Other Identifiers |
cabeuroh_000257 |
Subject (Person) |
Breslin, Mary Lou, 1944- Heumann, Judith E., 1947- Roberts, Edward V., 1939-1995. Zukas, Hale. Seligman, Brad, 1951- |
Subject (Corporate) |
Center for Independent Living. World Institute on Disability. Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund. United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. |
Subject (Topic) |
People with disabilities California--San Francisco Bay Area--Interviews. People with disabilities Political activity--California--San Francisco. Barrier-free design California--San Francisco Bay Area. People with disabilities Transportation--California--San Francisco Bay Area. Demonstrations California--San Francisco Bay Area. Personnes handicapées Californie--San Francisco, Région de la baie de--Entretiens. Personnes handicapées Activité politique--Californie--San Francisco. Accessibilité aux personnes handicapées Californie--San Francisco, Région de la baie de. Personnes handicapées Transport--Californie--San Francisco, Région de la baie de. Manifestations Californie--San Francisco, Région de la baie de. |
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Video |
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Oral histories. |
Archive |
The Library |
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Collection |
California AV Project |
Tracks |
cabeuroh_000257_access.HD.mov |
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